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Mrs. Everything
by Jennifer Weiner
Growing up in Detroit, Jo and Bethie could not be more different. While their relationship is typical for two sisters close in age, their personalities are as far apart on the spectrum as you get while still being related. We follow along with their lives as Jo goes from rebellious jock to family-oriented housewife and as Bethie progresses from straight-laced girl-next-door to free-floating hippie.
I absolutely loved the message of the book; its inquiries into the evolving "role" of women in society, female empowerment and female sexuality really resonated with me. I loved the characters in this novel, the strong female personalities and charged familial, generational relationships. Its themes were spot-on for a modern historical fiction piece. This book had all the makings to be one of my favorites but, somehow, it just fell flat. About 300 pages in, I realized I was still waiting for something to happen (or, really, for the book to start...).
It wasn't really until the last 50 pages of the book that I actually started to love it. Unfortunately, a large portion of the novel just felt mundane, simplistic and overdone. It wasn't painful or tedious to get through, it was just bland. In the end, it was an easy, comfortable read that ended up as a bit of a disappointment (based on what it could have been).
I absolutely loved the message of the book; its inquiries into the evolving "role" of women in society, female empowerment and female sexuality really resonated with me. I loved the characters in this novel, the strong female personalities and charged familial, generational relationships. Its themes were spot-on for a modern historical fiction piece. This book had all the makings to be one of my favorites but, somehow, it just fell flat. About 300 pages in, I realized I was still waiting for something to happen (or, really, for the book to start...).
It wasn't really until the last 50 pages of the book that I actually started to love it. Unfortunately, a large portion of the novel just felt mundane, simplistic and overdone. It wasn't painful or tedious to get through, it was just bland. In the end, it was an easy, comfortable read that ended up as a bit of a disappointment (based on what it could have been).